Objective To provide evidence for the establishment of an essential medicines list, we investigated the institutional medicine supply in rural hospitals and community health service centers in Chengdu. Methods The trained investigators collected medicine sales records and information about the management of institutional pharmacies. Through in-depth interviews with the pharmaceutical personnel, we inquired into the drug supervision and supply networks in rural areas. Then we performed secondary research based on a comparative analysis of drug classification, administration and pharmacies in developed countries. Results Seven township hospitals/community health service centers had pharmacies, facilities, storage, and a clean environment. Three of them used electrical databases to manage medicine sales records. Five township hospitals and 5 village medical rooms purchased medicines from the drug supervision and supply networks every week. In this way, they ensured the quality and accessibility of drugs in rural areas. In the urban community health service centers, medicines were supplied based on the traditional commercial distribution system. Conclusion Rational allocation of health resources to set up institutional pharmacies and village medicine rooms is important. The supervision of village medical rooms must be stricter. We should expand the use of electrical databases and integrate the supervision and supply networks with the supply system of the essential medicines.
ObjectiveTo analyze and evaluate the effect of the pharmacist-participated standardized drug management measures on improving the quality of drug management in day surgery center.MethodsDay surgery center carried out the pharmacist-participated standardized drug management since January 2019, including establishing a drug management group, strengthening the drug management specification, enhancing the training for standardized drug management, carrying out periodic inspection by pharmacist, etc. The Drug Management Quality Assessment Table was used to evaluate and compare the quality of drug management in day surgery center before standardized management (October 2018) and after standardized management (October 2019).ResultsThrough the standardized management, the quality of drug management in day surgery center was effectively improved, and the total score of drug quality management increased from 88.0 points before standardized management to 95.0 points after standardized management.ConclusionThe participation of pharmacists in the standardized drug management can effectively improve the quality of drug management in day surgery center, and ensure the safety of patients.